August 6, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



GLADIOLI 



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Still splendid quality, good, long, well flowered spikes, stock 



grown for the cut flower trade and not the kind grown for the , 



bulbs. $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. VUai,i«<<^ 



Our selection, in assorted lots of 200 or more, $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 



ASTERS, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.09 per 100 CATTLEYAS, $7.50 per dozen 



VALLEY, Special, $4.00 per 100; Extra. $3.00 per 100 



HEADQUARTERS FOR QREINS 



Natural Cycas. 36-40 inch, $2.00 per pair. 

 Leucothoe, green. $1.00 per 100: $7.60 per 1000. 

 Dagger Ferns, best Quality, long, perfect fronds, 



$1.60 per lOtO. 

 Asparagus Plumosus, bunches and strings, 60c 



eacb. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, 60c per bunch. 

 Boxwood Sprays, 60-ib. cases, $7.50 each. 



EVERYTHING IN RIBBONS 



Galax, bronze, $1.60 per 1000; $8.50 per case of 



10.000 

 Green Sheet Moss, $3.60 per bag. 

 Green Lump Moss. $1.50 per bag. 

 Fadeless Green Sheet Moss, $3.60 per ba«. 

 Sphagnum Moss, lO-bbl. bales (burlapped), $4.00 



per bale; 5- bale lots, $3.75 per bale; 10- bale lots, 



$3.60 per bale. 



We carry one of the largest and most varied stocks of Ribbons 

 pertaining to the florist business of any house in the country. 

 If you have not received one of our new catalogues, advise us and we will mail you one at once. 



DURING AUGUST WE CLOSE AT FIVE P. M. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA, 1608-1620 Ludlow Street WASHINGTON, 1216 H Street. N. W. 



NEW YORK, 117 West 28th Street BALTIMORE, Franklin and St. Paul Sts 



Mention Ttif Revl«'w wh<»n yon write. 



Roses ASTERS <^lad<ol< 



EVERYTHING IN SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



— WE CLOSE AT 5 P. M. 



THE nnLADELrmA CUT FLOWER CO. 



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supply business what it is today will 

 be brought to bear on the new condi- 

 tions, with strong probability of a suc- 

 cessful outcome. 



Orders have been coming in more 

 rapidly this week, due to the war scare, 

 and they are being filled from stock 

 now on hand. Where these orders are 

 for scarce articles, such as immortelles, 

 they are being filled in part only. Eeg- 

 ular customers are given preference 

 over those not in the habit of buying. 

 Prices have not yet advanced, nor are 

 they expected to do so unless condi- 

 tions become more acute. 



Club Meeting. 



The August meeting of the Florists' 

 ■Club was mainly devoted to arrange- 

 ments for attending the convention. It 

 IS expected seventy-five will go from 

 here. This includes exhibitors and their 

 assistants. 



John Clark, of Bar Harbor, Me., who 

 happened in, addressed the meeting. 

 After the routine business the essay 

 committee provided entertainment and 

 refreshment. 



Mention Th» EteTlcw when yon write. 



The Greenhouses at Wyncote. 



Joseph Heacock, head of two prosper- 

 ous greenhouse establishments, and fill- 

 ing one of the highest positions of honor 

 and trust in the gift of his fellow citi- 

 zens, rose from his desk as the oflSce 

 door closed. With him were his daugh- 

 ter, evidently in charge of the books, 

 and John G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. 

 J. A few words from Mr. Heacock ex- 

 plained that Mr. Esler 's books as secre- 

 tary of the Florists' Hail Association 

 had just been compared with those of 

 the treasurer, Mr. Heacock himself; that 

 the auditor had gone carefuly over both, 

 as well as the vouchers and the assets, 

 and that they were correct. Then, with 

 a smile, Mr. Heacock proposed a walk 

 through the greenhouses, which was de- 

 layed for a time by Mr. Esler 's enthu- 

 siastic effort to secure a convert. His 

 facts and figures were so convincing 

 that the prospective convert's face lost 

 its doubtful look and caught some of 

 the eagerness of the jolly secretary. 



Theodore Shober was in command in 

 the well-lighted service shed over the 



power house. Little Cocos Weddelli^ana 

 from thumb pots were being packed, 'and 

 kentias were being packed, while others 

 were being potted and still others 

 straightened for dress parade. There 

 were kentias from last year's/ seed 

 boxes, just a few still coming hp, an 

 excellent germination, Mr. Heacock 

 said. Then there were kentias i^ small 

 sizes, kentias in medium sizes, /kentias 

 in large sizes. So large and fiiie were 

 the specimen kentias that ; walking 

 through them was like a walk jln Jamai- 

 ca, Mr. Esler said, only you can trans- 

 port the Wyncote kentias into/ your par- 

 lor or anybody else's, if yoA want to 

 do so. Then there were arejias and ci- 

 botiums, fine ones, and Bostons, and a 

 house of commercial orchi(|8 in prime 

 condition, with a few Cattl(^ya gigas in 

 bloom, by way of adding some glorious 

 color. \ 



The condition of the whole place was 

 good to look upon — clean,/neat, thrifty. 

 Mr. Esler said a number of good things, 

 but insisted that they be /not herein set 

 down, so to get them yq'u will have to 

 call at Saddle Biver. 



